Category: Amateur Radio hobby
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IARU R1 Records on 134 and 241 GHz DK5NJ & DB6NT
New IARU R1 Records on 134 and 241 GHz Amateur Radio Bands Tuesday, March 1st 2022 DK5NJ at the Leipzigerturm (797 m ASL) near Schmiedefeld JO50ON60BJ DB6NT at the Aschberg (913 m ASL) near Klingenthal JO60GJ03RO distance 92,8 km Air temperature 6°C at Aschberg Relative humidity 29% on the Aschberg DK5NJ and DB6NT worked in…
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Amateur Radio Satellites: Getting Started
Episode 1: How and Why to get started in Operating Amateur Radio Satellites
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Got Chirps? Whistles? and WWV
Take a moment to tune in at every 8 after the hour on WWV and 48 after the hour on WWVH transmitters. WWV, WWVH stations, HamSCI and NIST and investigating HF propagation. The Characterization Signal will consist of a 45 second WAV file on minute 8 for WWV and minute 48 for WWVH. Right now…
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The 1921 Transatlantic Tests
Frank Donovan, W3LPL, talks about the Centennial of the 1921 Transatlantic Tests. This was a historic achievement for Amateur Radio. You might enjoy reading “The Story of the Transatlantics” by the Editor of QST Magazine in February 1922, just two months after the original event.
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More on POTA 11/4/21
Program announcement from Rich, K3VAT Due to several positive comments on the last Parks on the Air (POTA) presentation, for the upcoming SVARC Presentation on November 4, we plan on showing two POTA YouTube videos covering. 1) What to Pack for POTA and 2) POTA Logging Both are fairly recent and total length of both…